The number of asylum applications from Afghan women in Germany has risen significantly in recent months. Authorities say, however, that nearly half of all cases are secondary applications following a change in law.
Nearly 200 migrants, mostly women, children and families, have gathered on the square in front of the Paris City Hall. The protest organized by the Utopia 56 association aims to find them shelter and condemn the "increasingly aggres1
Since the fall of Syrian autocrat Bashar Assad last December, very few Syrians have made the decision to return to their home country from Germany. The vast majority of them have remained but say they fear for what their future migh1
Another boat recently capsized in the Bab al-Mandab Strait between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, killing dozens. Despite all the dangers, many migrants are willing to risk the crossing.
A debate is raging in the UK over whether migrants have a greater propensity to perpetrate sexual and violent crimes than other parts of the population. Those who claim that violence is linked to cultural influences cite crime stati1